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Proverbs 17:12

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

KJV

Expedit magis ursæ occurrere raptis fœtibus, quam fatuo confidenti in stultitia sua.

Vulgate

ἐμπεσεῖται μέριμνα ἀνδρὶ νοήμονι, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες διαλογιοῦνται κακά.

LXX

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

ASV

פָּג֬וֹשׁ דֹּ֣ב שַׁכּ֣וּל בְּ/אִ֑ישׁ וְ/אַל כְּ֝סִ֗יל בְּ/אִוַּלְתּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִוֶּֽלֶת
'vlt
noun · 25×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
דֻּבִּים֙
dbym
noun · 12×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ
npgshv
verb · 14×
שַׁכֻּלָ֖ה
shklh
adjective · 6×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 2:24 — And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
  • 2Sam 17:8 — For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will
  • 2Sam 17:8 — For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will
  • Dan 7:5 — And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour muc
  • Hos 13:8 — I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
  • Prov 27:3 — A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.